Grandfather. Part I. Winter - Horse Logging
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- This is the first part of short documentary series about Grandfather. The movie uncovers one day in his life that has been shown in 15 minutes. It talks about his daily routine and dedication to his down to earth lifestyle his fathers lived. His passion and love is horses. He is an old and experienced horse logger and is doing all the farm work all year round using only horse power. He is a hard worker and fully self-sufficient and independent. He has been living off the grid, before there even was a grid. More series about him will come in Spring, Summer and Autumn. Honour the elders! Stay tuned.
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Still my favorite videos on UA-cam!! Thank you for this.
Someone said we may needs these skills again one day. But we need them again right now today, for our spirit and for our future.
Well said ❤
This man gets more done before the sun comes up then most people do all day.
of course sun up where he lives in winter is noon and sunset not long after...
@Jerry Andersen that's how farms work
Well, that's because we invented technology so we can do less. 🤷♂️
My grandfather farmed till he was 74, and is by far the manliest man I've ever met. But my grandpa fell to the temptations of technology. Your grandfather is a true man in every respect. Not only has he earned my respect, but also my love.
Bless them all for doing their best 🌱🌻🌲💚
Thanks to your grandfather to let you film him and his work. Thanks for sharing this beautiful life. God bless his days and his descendants.
No unnecessary words,no music,just the sounds of the Mother Nature !!! What a great video, Northmen. Thank you !!!
His life calls to my heart...I was made for more than the life I'm living.
So strange that what we would consider as so little (what this man has) would be so much more than what we have...
I can relate to that longing too. We were 'all' made for something more. Our Creator made us in His own image and put eternity in our hearts. That's why we long to create, but it's also why nothing fully satisfies us here. Through Christ all peoples from every tribe and nation who personally trust Him will one day "live the dream". There's more to life than this one, but like in the video of Grandfather, we catch glimpses of it here and there.
What an immense joy it was to watch this video! Just to see the routine of an old farmer of the Northland is amazing, if you could PLEASE make more videos just like this, I will watch them over and over again...
This Northland is my lovely country- Latvia. Granfather speaks Latvian, radio in kitchen speaks Latvian, too.
ME TOO!!!
4:56 - There's nothing more relaxing that looking into a warm fire. I used to sit with my grandad many Sundays beside the range (stove) just watching the fire
what a guy this his to do all the tasks with the calm approach to nature he's a real human being no doubt from mother nature herself inspirational thank you
I lived in a small village in Ukraine when I was a child. Now I live in a big city in another country far away from my family. All these sounds bring me the best memories I've got. That snow cracking, the breath of a horse, pigs eating, the man milking the cow.. This is really nostalgic and is just wonderful to remember where do I come from and why I must stay humble as I always was
It's in the heart of a true logger, to always be doing something .never meet a lazy logger. We are a special kind of people it usually is breed into ya.. My whole family and most of our kin all work in the woods.my grandfather raised 11 kids on cutting firewood , he had a contract to supply the school all 240 cords of wood per year. It's how they cooked and heated the school back then ..They actually heated water for showers with the wood. Every day they fell dead trees in the forest and horse logged it to a landing where they cut split and loaded a old truck that held 5 cords when it was full it went to town to the school , re stock and back to the woods. The big old flat bed was the family car also, only rig he had for a while . He moved his family here for the work. Came from Colorado. To a hole in the wall called paisley ore. This is a great video brought back loads of memories. Thanks
My great grandfather lived like this back in 1850 .
One statement I have to make have we lost it in the modern world this is the life thank you for this it reminds me of my own grandparents.
Have to love and respect the old ways. Wish I'd learned a few more. You never know we may need them again
Start with something small like growing an herb garden. 🤗
I remember my grandfather living this very lifestyle. Up long before light to do chores and then heading out with his horses to do farming or logging. It may have been a hard life but, he and my grandmother were very happy people and I never heard them complain.
I wish I would have filmed my grandparents when they were still alive. There is great wisdom in living with the land, and it is getting lost in this generation if we don't stop it. Keep it up, and thank you for sharing this.
Dear Sir,
This was just wonderful to watch Honourable Grandfather doing everything independently. There is a certain serenity & even a spiritual feeling about his lifestyle. Sometimes I wonder if humanity has truly made any progress with all this new technology that seems to rob us of our own humane side. Kind regards.
We have all just learned a lesson of the simplicity off life, he is the wise man we are the fools. Great video,.
Indeed I do concur dear Sir. We seem to gravitate towards ever & ever more complex lives when quite frankly, there is no need. Kind regards.
ToolsConsumables I well remember these days! It's what we call " the good old days"!
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you very much for your comment. If I may, I partially do concur with your good self however were it not for the "good modern days", you & I would not have this wonderful opportunity to reminisce. On the other hand in the good old days we had more humanity than we do today but less technology which is suppose to alleviate all the laborious suffering & improve our quality of life. What is one to deduce??? As we find new means of "improving" our existence, we become less caring towards one another? I leave you with this ponder. Kind regards.
I reckon there's someone around, most of the time. They tried to keep it about Grandpa, but you don't want to do much of that kind of work, alone. Just too easy to get sideways and get disabled, no matter how careful you are. When he was manhandling the log, he was pretty careful, but that's enough weight, you want somebody at least within earshot.
So many creakings, I wasn't sure if the snow was telling me it was severely cold, or if it was just the equipment. It doesn't look like it was super-cold, though.
Love the shaggy draft horse. That's an animal that can work in the severe cold! Big, thick animal, built for the cold, for sure!
I'd love to see them falling and trimming the trees. You can really see, though, how the primitive ways limit how much you can take out in one day. And especially in winter, I'd be more concerned about safety than production rate. Just kinda cool to think one guy with those methods building his own house from scratch, although I'd be OK with his buying his nails rather than make him go dig up some iron ore and smelt it, himself. LOL! But there are ways to build wood-frame without metal fasteners, too.
Great respect for this man.
My grandfather done the same work.
Real real hard work up at all hours in the morning till late at night .
No days off.
Greetings from Ireland.
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What a squeaky video, and a legendary man. I love the noises he makes to the horse to tell it when to stop and start.
It warms my heart and restores my faith in some of humanity when I see people, even only on video on this occasion, happily keeping the old ways alive!!
Why? 🤔
My utmost respect for this man! He truly lives a life worth living.
Honour to your Grandfather, from a mountain village in Greece! 🇬🇷
απο που εισαι πατριωτακι;
ChillakoC92 - Γειά σου, φίλε μου. Ορεινή Δωρίδα, νομός Φωκίδος της Στερεάς Ελλάδος. Εσύ;
@@dorianphilotheates3769 Ωραια τα μερη σου. Εγω καταγομαι απο Νεδουσα στον Μεσσηνιακο Ταυγετο οπου και θα επιστρεψω, αλλα μενω στο Ντουμπαι αρκετα χρονια. Να εισαι παντα γερος!
ChillakoC92 - Ντουμπάϊ, ε; Ωραία! Η Μεσσηνία γενικά είναι πανέμορφη. Εργάστηκα για ένα διάστημα στην Πύλο το 2012. Κάναμε έρευνα στην θέση Επάνω Εγκλιανός στην αρχαία Πύλο (ανάκτορο του Νέστορος). Τώρα βρίσκομαι στο Τορόντο του Καναδά• άντε μια μέρα να γυρίσουμε όλοι στην Πατρίδα. Σου εύχομαι ο,τι το καλύτερο, φίλε μου. Με πατριωτικούς χαιρετισμούς από το χιονισμένο Τορόντο!
Hello Sir when I see this move I remember my father to you. I pray to God give u more strength and long life. Please take good care of yourself always
Grandpa is in better shape than many 20-year-olds. Today's progress completely eradicates good physical fitness. Here's an example of how we can preserve our physical strength. I can only congratulate your grandfather. God bless you !!!
Excellent video! I worked with a gentleman like this man snaking logs off the side of the mountain with a huge belgian horse...sometimes he used two horses. Thanks!
Thank you for this. Your grandfather is an amazing man.
Thank you SO MUCH for filming this and then sharing it with the world.
i'm not a horse guy but man that's a beautiful one.
Listened to the news the drank his coffee, looking at the fire. He knows what is important and what is not.
Like watching my childhood! I was lucky enough to have grandparents, parents and neighbors who still worked in the old ways. Blessings upon your house and also Grandfather's house!
a thought for poor orphans who do not have parents and grandparents of their own. It's one of the most cruel fate for any animal or human.
Nick Spittler im only 52 yet when i was small my parents and grandparents did most things like in this film
Emma Ziegler , i won't be 50 till August. I live in the Allegheny mountains, part of the Appalachian chain. The old ways are hanging on here. Although it is less evident than when I was young.
Brings tears to my eyes reading that his wife is gone. And this man keep on going with such positive view of his surroundings. Life is just such a random and cruel mistress for sure. Good day.
Beautiful and amazing person. Thank you Soo much for sharing. Nature and hard work. Not much if that anymore. Bless you and your grandfather
"Grandfather" seems to be a remarkable man. There is so much to be said about learning to live life independently and on your own terms - something I never realized until too late.
It is never too late! :) Thank God that you did realize this truth and now even if you cannnot make this your own reality you can pass the realization and advice on to someone who can.
May God bless you and keep you!
Jesus Saves John 3 :16-18 KJB
respect for a man whose work has become a lifestyle. Everything in harmony with nature. Greetings from Poland
You sir, are a testament to what it means to be a man living right! God bless you and the humble, happy and simple life you live. I am truly envious, God Bless!
My childhood. Thank you for the movie
Absolutely love how in such a short video, without a word spoken, it can tell so much. The traditional ways of human beings are truely something to cherish.
greeting from Australia; when i lived in out back South Australia, life had this repetitive but rewarding joy to it, 10 years of life, now back in the big city of Melbourne, and I'm not as happy as when i lived in the farmlands of south Australia, that was life......... This shows life.....
I am at peace when I watch these and am connected to my father.
Thank you for filming and posting this
8:10 the creaking and cracking of the wooden sleigh and harness was like music to my ears for some reason
Those logs are veneer. He would get top dollar for those. My Uncle is a logger, though he uses all the available power tools and large trucks to distribute them throughout the US now. However, we were all taught how to choose trees, keep it sustainable for the future generations, and how to keep the original ways alive in case we ever have to return to them.
as a logger myself.i can tell you that horse is a badass stud..is is grandpa..
I LOVE the quiet. No sounds but the leather, horse breathing, the log dragging..thanks
All I can say is "Wow" ..... What a fantastic job of capturing the sights and sounds. Thank you for sharing.
You can sense the respect between grandfather an the horse. You can tell they have done a lot of work together.
So refreshing to see fortitude, strength, simplicity, yet great skill in this fine man.
Something to be very proud, yet humble about.
This man is the "Salt of the Earth"
Piękny film jak powrót do czasów dzieciństwa i dziadków na wsi 😂👍pozdrawiam z Polski 🇵🇱
Reminds me of my father. Salute for Serbia!
"Stop filming and help me with these logs! Damn kids..." Grandfather, probably
Love the sounds...
Only natural sounds brother.. Why would you think that we would spend time making fake sounds while we have a good stereo microphone on our camera? It would not make sense then to create documentary movies with foley fake sounds. We are recording sound in uncompressed 24bit 48 000 hz .wav format and later post processing in Logic.
Totally agree! Great sounds!
Which is exactly the microphone that you use? Congrats for the work!
@@neemantools I dont think he meant it that way :)
I love the sounds too ALL of them my favourite for some reason is grandfathers footsteps....there is sometbing so blessed about what you are doing. God bless you and be with you alway.
Jesus saves! John 3:16-18 KJB
While watching this video, I suddenly began to remember the names and uses of various parts of the draft-horse harness. This is something I have not seen or done for the last 40 years. Somehow this made me both happy and sad at the same time.
I appreciate this film more than I can express... Thank you... and especially thanks to your Grandfather.
I logged with chainsaws and cable skidders with my father for over 20 years before being replaced by bigger grapple skidders and feller bunchers. We didn’t make a whole lot of money, but we loved the work. My father often talked about his younger days of working in the logging camps with teams of horses in northern Quebec and later on in Northern Ontario. He started working at 14 years old and from then on made his way in the world with hard work and his two hands. When he’d tell me his stories from back then, I could see he looked back on those times with fondness even though they worked long and hard. I don’t want to take anything away from anyone, but those men were really men back then. I look back on the time spent working in the bush with him as some of the best years of my life.
Thank you for this! God Bless
Truly inspirational. This man is really tough - unlike those who usually think they are.
This is traditional hard work,hard life - Respect .
“Grandpa tell me about the good old days”
Much respect from south Brazil, Northmen!
15 minutes well spent, for once I didn't have any problems in focusing and I didn't skip from your video to others.
Send my regards to your grandfather.
You have a new Italian subscriber.
This man has my respect and envy.
This to me is WOW!! I can sit and watch video's like this for days... Glad you shared!
so good to see.. it makes one, me, think that not so long ago most people lived this way.. there was no other way then a self sustaineble way for most people. good to honour that and help keep it alive.
Сразу подумала, что снимали в Прибалтике. Домики похожие и хозяин с хозяйством добротный, правильный. Везде чистота и порядок. Здоровья крепкого и удачи в делах!
Ты неверное видео без звука смотрела
That great film remainds my childhood late 60-ies ,70-ies when winter was real winter with -30 C long time before global warming,Latvia...
I was lucky enough to have been told stories of yarding lumber this way, this made me smile...great lessons to be learned by the old ways. Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth. Give me a fulcrum, and I shall move the world. Give me a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
there's not a lot like this left (if anything) in england, shame because it'd be great to be able to live like this, this man is happier than 99.9% of people living right now, I can guarantee it.
It is Latvia. Grandfather speaks Latvian.
England is big coorporation. The land of finance, white collars and free masons. The root of all evil is England.
We actually have no idea how happy he is. I can assure you he isn’t obsessed with getting likes on social media or bothered by trolls on the internet though.
thank-you so much....one of the best things we have watched on u-tube...so glad we found them....
Your videos are one of the few reasons I still use UA-cam. This is simply beautiful
Enjoyed watching that immensely. It helps me visualize how my own grandfather's grew up. You can't quite relate to it until you see it. Well done.
Dude... This is a wonderful work... No words!
This was the lifestyle of my grandparents too. And it also was the last point in time when people lived a sustainable life by all means.
First thing i noticed, The stock was fed before he ate.
My father was the same way and we are from USA my father would not eat until he fed his animals
I was taught that growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, we fed and milked the cows before we even had coffee. Same rule still applies on my farm now, animals get fed before we eat
Animals and trees as friends. I understand this very well.
Прекрасный канал. Рад что встретил вас на просторах интернета. Сам вырос в деревне, в 18 лет уехал. Леса такого там не было- степь. Но в тех местах в свое время прожил 11 лет своей жизни Лев Толстой. Долгих лет жизни и крепкого здоровья всем!
И ВАМ, КРЕПКОГО ЗДОРОВЬЯ И СЧАСТЬЯ !!!!!!!
Amazing docuumentary he remeber me my grandfather may God bless him with health and many many years Greetings from Italy Rody
Always enjoying Northmen art! Showing this lifestyle and meaningful way to live that everybody appear to forgot..
Great video, the best I've watched in a while. Thanks for posting, and thanks to 'grandfather' for sharing an experience most of us would not have otherwise seen.
Better than any corporate television I've watched in the past several years.
I'm curious, how old is Grandfather? In America, most of the 20 & 30 year olds wouldn't be able to keep up with him for the first hour, much less the whole day.
Rusia Lativa
Greetings from Russia ! My Ancestors lived the same life, but it is a pity that I have not filmed anything. Now there are only memories.
Thank you sir fr sharing your Grandfather with us. He really makesme miss mine today!
Das wertvollste Format von UA-cam - Danke! :)
Thank you kinda teared up there at the end.
Jūsu video liek man atcerēties manu nu jau aizgājušo vectēvu. Liels jums paldies par to.
I hope one day to be like this excellent old man.
You have just restored my hope in youth. Don't forget what you said as it is a wonderful life. I lived something like that only I worked my farm and logged with mules. I milked a cow until a couple of years ago and I still keep calves, pigs and chickens; I do still keep saddle horses because my daughter and grandkids likes to ride. As an old man and crippled I am no longer able to follow the mules so I just read, watch videos and think about my memories.
Can do everything this wonderful grandpa is doing and all that I know from my grandfather as well ☝️
Hard life, hard work - but I envy him.
Amazing. Thank god for tradition
I enjoyed this video very much and am looking forward to future episodes. It is very alien to many societies to see this 74 yr old man working this hard, but this is probably why he is in better shape than most... Food for thought.
then you go to the local supermarket and see 3-4 morbidly obese americans in a row victim of the beef growth hormone industry that they ate in their adolescent year and that has made a grotesque joke of the body nature had in mind. Then you wonder how stupid is the average american population to not have yet sued the food industry. There will come a time in the next ten years where bio science will prove this. Growth hormone is illegal in other parts of the world and you won't find morbidly obese people, maybe one in a year not 3-4 everytime you go shopping as in usa. Get ready for millions of lawsuits against the agro food industry and especially against the FDA that is useless. I don't understand why companies like monsanto have not yet been eradicated by popular revolt.
goognam goognws This was an off-topic response...it sounds like you're trying to dodge personal responsibility. GH is messed up and should be rightly banned, and their are some medical causes in some cases but by far most with this issue just lack self control. They're not victims of anything but their own behavior.
SLFYSH 74? I thought he was 94
This is the modern version of a Viking.
In the viking age, the people who lived in longhouses had their animals living in the longhouse, for warmth and easier to work with.
The Grandfather is slightly more modern, but the jobs are equal of that age.
This video caresses my soul!
I would give my right testicle and perhaps my right pinkie to live a life line this in an environment like that.
Actually, you don't have to go that far back in history...My grandmother grew up in such a house in Shetland (Scotland). She was born about 1902.
@@ThrashingBuddha You do no need to give your parts of body- you only need to start to live in real countryside!
God bless old man He is Grandfather for every of us in every country
A very rich man indeed, and a very big Alaskan Thank You for another great video!
One of the true essences of a life worth living.
Fantastic! Amazing details like glimses of a no-joke mousetrap and possible uniform sweater peaked my curiousity. I could feel the cold from the 'styrofoamy' sounding snow underfoot. The transparency of seeing you briefly help made all the independent tasks that much more genuine (great editing.) Looking forward to more. Greetings and subscription from Canada.
Yes, it is uniform sweater from Zemessardze- the voluntiers «land guard» military organisations in Latvia.
Anyone, who wants to train to be voluntier military guard of our country, can become a member of «Zemessardze».
Laaabs !Tāds pats ,kā manējais !Super!
Fantastic video, great job. thanks for sharing.
Hello from Texas! Truly an incredible and inspiring video as always. Better than anything on TV
Cody so true. Tv today is all this trashy reality show junk. This surpasses it in both content and quality.
Will K Can you imagine watching these videos at a theater?!!
Cody that would be amazing!
Stunning work.